What this scheme offers
Hospitalisation insurance like GJAY covers the big, discrete medical events, but the recurring cost of routine medication — for a chronic condition, an ongoing prescription, or a minor illness that doesn't need admission — is a separate, day-to-day burden that insurance with an annual cap doesn't directly address. Niramaya fills that gap by making generic medicines free at government health facilities across Odisha, running alongside the state's hospitalisation-focused schemes rather than replacing them.
Who is eligible
- Any patient at an Odisha government hospital, health centre or dispensary.
- No income test, no card, no advance registration — available to any patient at the point of care.
Documents required
- None required — a prescription from the treating government doctor is enough
How to apply
- Visit any government hospital, community health centre or dispensary in Odisha.
- Get examined and prescribed medicine by the government doctor.
- Collect the prescribed generic medicines free of cost from the facility's drug counter.
- For medicines not in stock at your local facility, ask the pharmacist about the nearest facility that carries them.